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family or other group of wildwolves . - noun idiomatic, historical During
World War II , any of variousmarauding groups ofsubmarines , especially German submarines that patrolled theNorth Atlantic and preyed uponmerchant ships .
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"I believe from the bottom of my non-partisan heart that the George Bush wolfpack is the most dangerous, least honorable, least sensible gang of thugs and cynics that ever aimed America's Big Gun at a trembling planet."
All we need is Blog? Ed 2003
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"I believe from the bottom of my non-partisan heart that the George Bush wolfpack is the most dangerous, least honorable, least sensible gang of thugs and cynics that ever aimed America's Big Gun at a trembling planet."
Archive 2003-08-01 Ed 2003
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The funny thing is that I have done "wolfpack" rides, and as a professional messenger for 9 years, I was dismayed at the lack of common sense when it came to riding fast in traffic and the general feeling of macho bravado that dominates the riders.
Signs of Victory: What it Takes to Win BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Vowing to do everything to defend the euro against the "wolfpack" of the financial markets, which have been pounding Greece, Spain and Portugal, the ministers discussed much larger sums than previously to try to end the market turmoil.
Sources: E.U.eyes 600B euro crisis mechanism, sources say 2010
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* The European Union agreed on a 500 billion-euro ($670 billion) eurozone countries from the "wolfpack" of financial markets.
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EU finance ministers agreed on a 500 billion euro ($670 billion) emergency fund in the early hours of Monday to protect highly indebted eurozone countries from the 'wolfpack' of financial markets.
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BRUSSELS, May 9 (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers promised to do everything to defend the euro from the "wolfpack" of the financial markets at the start of talks on Sunday on emergency measures to stop Greece's debt crisis spreading.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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* The European Union agreed on a 500 billion-euro ($670 billion) emergency fund on Monday to protect highly indebted eurozone countries from the 'wolfpack' of financial markets.
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The European Union has agreed to create a 500 billion-euro (£429bn) emergency fund to protect highly indebted eurozone countries from the "wolfpack" of financial markets, in a move aimed at protecting Greece from financial ruin.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The European Union agreed on a 500 billion euro ($670 billion) emergency fund in the early hours of Monday to protect highly indebted eurozone countries from the 'wolfpack' of financial markets.
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http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2015-01-08/were-charlie-hebdo-killers-in-a-wolf-pack-the-new-way-of-terrorism
"The attack on Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo may have offered the world a glimpse of a scary new frontier in terrorism. It’s called “wolf pack” terrorism, in which a small group of people, often connected by family ties, stage an attack in their home country without getting direct orders or training from a larger organization."
January 8, 2015